Life Choices, 1990

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DEATHPEN Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?   1) Favor   3) Oppose   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor	1605	73.8%	73.8%	-.57
Oppose	151	6.9%	80.8%	.69
Don't know	418	19.2%	100%	1.94

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Favor	72.6% 300	72.7% 544	77.8% 330	77.3% 326	62.8% 98	73.9% 1598
Oppose	6.1% 25	7.1% 53	5.4% 23	7.1% 30	11.5% 18	6.9% 149
Don't know	21.3% 88	20.2% 151	16.7% 71	15.6% 66	25.6% 40	19.2% 416
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Favor	72.0% 267	78.6% 531	72.0% 582	70.0% 201	73.8% 1581
Oppose	5.4% 20	5.5% 37	7.1% 57	11.1% 32	6.8% 146
Don't know	22.6% 84	16.0% 108	20.9% 169	18.8% 54	19.4% 415
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Favor	67.6% 265	77.9% 555	76.3% 454	69.5% 324	73.8% 1598
Oppose	10.5% 41	4.8% 34	7.6% 45	6.7% 31	7.0% 151
Don't know	21.9% 86	17.3% 123	16.1% 96	23.8% 111	19.2% 416
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Favor	72.3% 405	74.6% 435	71.7% 482	78.8% 283	73.8% 1605
Oppose	6.4% 36	6.2% 36	9.5% 64	4.2% 15	6.9% 151
Don't know	21.3% 119	19.2% 112	18.8% 126	17.0% 61	19.2% 418
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	79.9% 835	68.0% 739	73.8% 1574
Oppose	4.2% 44	9.5% 103	6.9% 147
Don't know	15.9% 166	22.5% 245	19.3% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Favor	75.9% 884	73.3% 486	65.5% 36	77.8% 70	74.8% 1476
Oppose	6.8% 79	5.9% 39	7.3% 4	7.8% 7	6.5% 129
Don't know	17.3% 201	20.8% 138	27.3% 15	14.4% 13	18.6% 367
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972